By Administrator,
Brasiliense of Brazil fought gallantly to upset impressive Ethiopia’s Walia Ibex 2-0 in an entertaining match played at the 32,000 seater Estádio Elmo Serejo Farias City Taguatinga, Distrito Federal on Wednesday evening.
Brasiliense coach Mark Smith imposed a tough 4-2-3-1 system that played in the hands of Ethiopia with coach Mariano Barreto with a more familiar 4-1-4-1 system .
Barreto started with a strong team that had Tassew in goal as Vilak,Salhadin Bargecho,Thok James and Abebaw Butako manned the defense as Mentesot,Assefa,Nathaniel,Tadel Bekele and Adane Girma played in the midfield and striking respectively.
It was a game lanced with tiki taka football from both sides in an entertaining atmosphere that saw Walia fire from all cylinders but could not get the elusive goals as Brasiliense capitalized from defensive lapses to score two quick goals.
The loss was the third for Ethiopia in their Brazilian tour drawing one as they prepare for the upcoming tough Africa Cup of Nations qualifers in a group that has Algeria,Mali and Malawi.
Coach Mariano Barreto has been looking for his winning formula with the set of players available in the tour that ends that came after another international friendly with Angola where Ethiopia lost 1-0 away in Luanda,Angola.
Brasiliense 2 (4-2-3-1)
Deivisson; Angelo (Dedê / 25 2nd), Júlio Bastos (Ederson / 33 of 2), André Luís and Cesinha (Fábio Braz / 36 2); Lusmar and Ederson (Romarinho / range after Luiz Carlos / 14 2); Matheuzinho, Skinny (Thiago Gallardo / interval) and Kelvin; Gilvan (Baiano / 27 of 2)
Coach: Mark Smith
Ethiopia 0 (4-1-4-1)
Tassew; Vilak, Salahadin, Thok (Akililu / 24 2)) and Abebaw; Mentesnote (Minyahil / Range); Assefa (Ephrew / range), Nathinal, Taddel (Fistum / 22 2nd) and Bekele (Mesoud / 32 2); Adane (Fekadu / 34 of 2)
Coach Mariano Barreto
Goals: Gilvan at 22, and Angelo, after 39 minutes the first time; minutes of the second half
Yellow cards: André Luís Fábio Braz and Ederson (Brasiliense) and Bekele, Vilak and Minyahi (Ethiopia)
